When Sun Ling went to the kitchen to cook, Zhou Yan asked casually, "What was Senior Brother writing just now?" ”

"I'm writing the soundtrack for 'Cannon Twin Lights.'"

"It's Feng Jicai's."

Zhao Jiping smiled and nodded, "It seems that you really understand literary things, the original book is indeed Feng Jicai's, and the movie was made by He Ping." ”

"Oh, Director He."

He Ping is also the director of Chang'an Factory, and they both live on the same floor as Liu Qing, and they are nodding friends with Zhou Yan.

"Basically, I'm almost done writing, I can relax a little during this time, and now I have a "Fengyue" on hand, and I haven't started filming yet."

Zhou Yan nodded, and said, "Yesterday, I forgot to tell you something, the soundtrack of "Alive" is about to come out, and Zhao Liang has a tune in it, and he will have a part of the original soundtrack. ”

Zhao Jiping was of course happy to hear that Zhao Liang's work was going to be released with the soundtrack, but he still waved his hand, "You are too polite, you have already given him a salary before, and the share of this soundtrack is forgotten, he is still young, and it is rare to have this opportunity." ”

Zhao Jiping is really not pretending to be polite, he really thinks so.

In his opinion, Zhou Yan was able to put Zhao Cheng's tunes into the movie and sign Zhao Cheng, which was already a great preferential treatment.

And he doesn't pay much attention to the sharing.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Senior brother, I really can't listen to you about this, it should be Zhao Ling's, and it must be indispensable." Now that it is a market economy, we can't follow the old path, and young musicians like Zhao Liang and them have to give them some substantial support if they want to get good development. And Zhao Liang is also an adult, and I will let the company connect with him when I turn around on this matter. ”

"Well, why do I suddenly feel old when I hear you say that? That's right, the child is older, we can't interfere too much, you can look at the arrangement of this matter. ”

The first time Zhao Jiping felt that his son had grown up was when Zhao Liang bought things for him and his lover with a salary of a few hundred yuan last year.

Zhao Liang got the salary given to him by Zhou Yan, and he only kept a few dozen yuan for pocket money, and the rest of the money bought a watch for Zhao Jiping and a set of good clothes for Sun Ling.

"This year's life is better, Zhao Ling will go back to Chang'an for a few days first, and if the crew has a car from Yinchuan back to Chang'an halfway, he can also come back with the car."

"I don't really care, it's mainly his mother, who recites the Tao every once in a while."

Zhou Yan smiled, Zhao Jiping is a typical traditional Chinese father, and he never talks about love and longing, but usually when they talk on the phone, Zhao Jiping will pretend to ask Zhao Lin about his situation casually.

……

The next day, Zhou Yan returned to Yanjing.

It's the end of the semester, and there's still a lot of work to be done in the school.

He holds the position of assistant to the head of the department, and although he is not very busy, he can't do nothing but be a mascot.

was busy until June 17, when "The Sixth Sense" premiered in Yanjing.

Originally, Zhou Yan was going to build a movie theater, and then invited the crew and some friends to watch a movie together.

But Xu Feng resolutely disagreed, saying that he would have a lively premiere ceremony.

It just so happened that the crew of "Fengyue" was in Yanjing in the past few days, and Xu Feng invited the main creative team of "Fengyue".

And on the side of "The Sixth Sense", except for the little male protagonist Hu Ke, who couldn't come because he couldn't go to school, all the main creators came, and Wang Zuxian and Liang Jiahui were naturally there.

In addition to the main creators of the two crews, Chen Zhigu, the director of the Yanjing factory, and Han Sanping, the deputy director of the Yanjing factory, also arrived at the scene, which can be described as a gathering of big names.

Wang Anyi, the editor of "Fengyue", was also in Yanjing recently, so he came over to join in the fun.

Wang Anyi walked with Gong Li, and saw Zhou Yan surrounded by everyone from a distance, she was curious, "He is the director?" ”

Gong Li nodded, "Yes, Zhou Yan." ”

"It feels familiar."

Gong Li smiled, "Of course you are familiar, Zhou Yan played Chen Feipu in "The Red Lantern Hangs High". ”

Wang Anyi has watched this movie, Gong Li knows it, when they chatted before, Wang Anyi also praised Gong Li for her good performance in the movie.

But Wang Anyi shook his head, "No, I should have seen him elsewhere, but I just can't remember it." ”

"That should be his concert, the "Yanjing Silent" concert shown by CCTV before was held by him."

Wang Anyi still shook his head, "I shouldn't have seen this concert." ”

"Then I don't know."

Gong Li also sighed, there is really a lot of difference between the writer's circle and the film and television circle, and now Zhou Yan is quite famous in the film and television industry, and his face is relatively familiar in the film and television industry.

And Zhou Yan's music album has sold millions of copies, which is quite a sensation in China, but Wang Anyi and they don't know at all.

Of course, this seems to be normal, and those very famous writers in China, they don't know either.

If it weren't for filming "The Red Lantern Hangs High", Gong Li would not have known that there was a writer like Su Tong, and if she didn't shoot "Alive", she wouldn't know Yu Hua.

And this time, if she didn't shoot "Fengyue", she wouldn't even know who Ye Zhaoyan was.

It's Wang Anyi, Gong Li has heard the name before.

"Oh, yes." Gong Li suddenly remembered something, and said, "Zhou Yan is still a writer, and his film adapted from "Tree Hole" won an award some time ago. ”

Speaking of "Tree Hole", Wang Anyi knows that the article published in "Yanjing Literature" before is very good, but she has never heard of the film adaptation of "Tree Hole".

"'Tree Hole' is actually from him."

Wang An thought about it, and only remembered "Tree Cave", but he couldn't remember what the name of the author of "Tree Hole" was.

After a while, three identities appeared, writer, director, and musician, and they all sounded quite powerful.

"Sister Wang, I'll go say hello, do you want to be together?"

Wang Anyi waved his hand, "I'll forget it." ”

Seeing that Wang Anyi didn't go, Gong Li didn't persuade her, so she went alone.

Here, Wang Anyi walked around the venue boredly, and just after walking a few steps, he suddenly saw a wheelchair, and the person in the wheelchair had his back to her.

This is...... Shi Tiesheng?

With curiosity, she leaned over to take a look, it was really Shi Tiesheng.

"Tie Sheng?" Wang Anyi looked surprised.

Shi Tiesheng looked up at Wang Anyi, but he was not surprised at all, "Anyi, you are here." ”

"Why are you here?"

Shi Tiesheng replied with a smile, "I am good friends with Zhou Yan. ”

"You ...... with Zhou Yan"

As soon as Wang Anyi spoke, Yu Hua came from the side and said in surprise, "Yo, Sister Wang is here." ”

"Yu Hua, you're also there."

"Zhou Yan's new movie is released today, let's cheer for it, why are you here, Sister Wang?"

Before Wang Anyi could speak, Shi Tiesheng helped her explain, "Anyi is one of the screenwriters of "Fengyue". ”

Shi Tiesheng had heard Zhou Yan say this before, so he didn't feel strange when he saw Wang Anyi just now.

Yu Hua didn't know the news, and was quite surprised, "It's quite a coincidence, I heard that "Fengyue" and "Farewell My Concubine" are the same class, and I'm looking forward to it." ”

"How did you and Zhou Yan meet?" Wang Anyi said curiously.

"I met Zhou Yan because of the movie "Alive", he is the soundtrack director of the movie, and Tie Sheng and Zhou Yan have known each other relatively early."

Shi Tiesheng nodded, "I met Zhou Yan twice in the Temple of Earth before, and then I gradually became familiar with it. ”

Wang Anyi joked, "How do I feel that your Yanjing circle is so small, and everyone knows everyone." ”

"It's not a circle, we are mainly here because of Zhou Yan. It just happened that we met today, we can make an appointment for dinner, Chi Zijian seems to be in Yanjing recently. ”

"Yes, I still have a few days to stay in Yanjing."

When she met Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng, Wang Anyi was naturally very happy, and she didn't know the other people on the scene, including Gong Li, who were not very familiar with her, and she was much more relaxed when chatting with Yu Hua and them.

……

The process of the premiere is very simple, after Zhou Yan greeted the guests, he took Wang Zuxian and some of their main creators to the front for an interview with reporters.

Recently, there has been a lot of news related to Zhou Yan in the film and television industry, and reporters also seized the opportunity to ask Zhou Yan questions, and even Wang Zuxian and Liang Jiahui were snubbed next to them.

Reporter: "First of all, congratulations to Director Zhou for winning the Best Newcomer Actor at the Xiangjiang Academy Awards some time ago. I think everyone must be very curious, in "The Sixth Sense", did you participate in the performance yourself? ”

Zhou Yan: "Yes, it's just a character with very few scenes, it's inconvenient to disclose the specifics, you'll know when you watch the movie later." ”

Reporter: "Can you tell us about your outlook for the box office of the film?" We all know that your first feature film, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", has achieved great results, is the goal higher this time than the previous one? ”

Zhou Yan: "The more box office is naturally the better, but I haven't set a specific goal for the time being, as long as I don't lose money." ”

Reporter: "You are so modest, we also got news recently, the global box office of French director Olivier's remake of "The Flying Piano Boy" has exceeded 40 million US dollars, will this film be released in the mainland? ”

Zhou Yan: "You asked the wrong person about this, you have to ask Olivier." ”

Reporter: "After the release of this movie, do you have any other plans for the future?" When can we see your third feature film? ”

Zhou Yan: "Let it be, there is no plan for the time being." ”

Reporter: "Your film has achieved very good results at the box office, but it has not won any awards, will you hit the major awards in the later stage?" ”

Zhou Yan: "To say that I don't want to win an award must be self-deception, but I never aim to win an award when I make movies." As long as there is the recognition of the audience, it is equivalent to winning the award in my heart. ”

……

The reporters "besieged" Zhou Yan for a while before they began to ask Wang Zuxian and Leung Jiahui questions.

After the interview was over, Zhou Yan took Wang Zuxian and them into the theater.

When I arrived at the theater, while the movie hadn't started yet, Zhou Yan went to the front first and said a few words, which probably meant to thank everyone for coming to cheer.

When Zhou Yan walked down, Zhang Guorong in the audience turned sideways and asked Chen Kaige, "Kaige, have you seen this movie in advance?" ”

Chen Kaige shook his head, "I haven't seen it, but I heard from the people in the editing workshop that the movie is very special." ”

"Special, what do you mean?"

"I didn't ask too much, I'll see in a moment."

Zhang Guorong nodded, didn't speak again, and waited quietly for the movie to start.

After a while, the lights in the theater dimmed and the screen lit up.

The opening animation of Tomson Film Company appeared at the beginning of the film, and a few big characters from Yanjing Film Studio appeared, followed by the basic information of the movie.

As a few big words disappeared from Yanjing Studio, the music full of suspense also sounded.

The music is not intense, but it is full of oppression, and when you listen to this music, you know that this will not be a warm movie for the whole family, and even has the feeling of a horror and suspense movie.

This movie is directed and self-dubbed by Zhou Yan, and the music certainly does not disappoint, and the soundtrack is used to preempt people before the first shot of the movie appears.

When the film ended, the big screen suddenly darkened, and the entire theater was also plunged into darkness.

Slowly, the audience saw a little bit of dim light on the screen, these points of light were not obvious at first, like sparks floating in a winter night, and after a while, the points of light slowly changed and began to connect into a film.

Only then did the audience realize that it was an incandescent lamp.

Seeing the first shot of the opening, Chen Kaige was quite surprised, Zhou Yan's shooting techniques have improved a lot compared to the previous movie.

The first shot of the film, with the lights gradually brightening, is a small-scale opening, with a clear contrast of light and shadow, which fits perfectly with the soundtrack at the beginning, setting a dark tone for the film.

The first shot is not over yet, as a door opens in the background, which then shifts to the second shot.

uses sound to lead out the camera, this technique Zhou Yan often used in the previous movie.

Zhou Yan has a unique talent in sound, so he can always grasp some details in terms of hearing.

The second shot is fixed and a voyeuristic view, facing the side of a staircase.

In this voyeur shot, footsteps are seen first, followed by the legs of a woman descending the stairs.

When the woman walked down, the audience found out that it was the heroine Wang Zuxian.

Wang Zuxian was wearing a purple dress, passing through the light and shadow of light and dark, and slowly walked towards the camera.

The camera is very dark, and the heroine is beautiful.

Chen Kaige remembered that British director Alfred Hitchcock said that film is an art of voyeurism, and the essence of cinema is voyeurism.

In this shot, the viewer's main point of view is voyeuring the heroine.

This is an unconventional means of photography, the lens is in a relatively low angle of view, so that the audience can look at the low place, such a visual novelty of the viewpoint, which increases the realism of the picture and the audience's sense of substitution.

Just two shots made Chen Kaige stunned.

Is Zhou Yan really a genius, growing up so fast.

Chen Kaige has seen everything Zhou Yan has filmed before, including the short film "Antlacewing", which won Clermont-Ferrand, it can be said that Zhou Yan's shooting methods are improving every time, and the improvement is very obvious.

The time is very short, and Chen Kaige can't notice all the details, he can only see the use of the lens first, but he is sure that there must be details in these pictures that he has not noticed.

The latter shots highlight Zhou Yan's mastery of the use of lenses, and also show his research on lighting.

Each picture depicts the overall lighting position in the cellar.

This kind of logical and well-detailed depiction of lighting points can familiarize the audience with the lighting in the scene in a short time, so that the audience's perspective will be broadened.

Chen Kaige can see these things because he is a professional director, but Zhang Guorong next to him can't find them.

However, although he didn't understand what filming methods Zhou Yan used, Zhang Guorong could see that the shooting of this movie was indeed very level, and in just a few shots, the audience's appetite was hung.

Who is this woman? What is she doing in the cellar? Why does her body language show that she is in danger? What was threatening her?

At the same time, Zhang Guorong also discovered a special point, that is, under Zhou Yan's lens, Wang Zuxian is very different from her in other movies.

Wang Zuxian is also very beautiful in other movies, but most directors give too direct shots when filming her.

In Zhou Yan's lens, Wang Zuxian's beauty is not her face, but action, light and shadow, and environment.

Wang Anyi, who is not far from Zhang Guorong, also paid attention to this, although the lens did not focus on Wang Zuxian's face or figure, it made people feel that this heroine was very beautiful.

Wang Anyi's understanding is a little deeper than Zhang Guorong's, thinking that Zhou Yan is still a writer, she thinks of the characteristics of Chinese literature in the description of characters.

The third-class appearance is sketched over, the second-class appearance is described in detail, and the first-class appearance is not described.

Some people may be curious, how do you know if you are beautiful without description?

This is the special feature of Chinese literary works in describing characters, I like to use the environment to write about characters, small bridges, flowing water, smoke and rain, painting umbrellas, a woman standing in this picture, there is no need to have any description, everyone knows that she is beautiful.

This is true not only of ancient literature, but also of modern literature.

There is a sentence in "Border City" that describes Cuicui, which is as green and green as green water, and a pair of eyes are as clear as crystal.

This sentence does not describe Cuicui's appearance in detail, but this sentence imprints a clear and thorough girl in the reader's mind.

Zhou Yan filmed Wang Zuxian like this, although he didn't shoot Wang Zuxian's face, but everything around him made the audience feel that Wang Zuxian was very beautiful.

Only half of the light was used to highlight Wang Zuxian's fragile and weak image.

Everyone on the scene has their own interpretation and perception of the movie, and the angle is different, but they all find that these shots contain a lot of information.

None of the shots seem to be superfluous, each shot happens to come out and tries to tell the viewer something.

Some information is simple and easy to see at a glance, while others may require a lot of thought.

But there is not much time left for the audience to think, because the pace of the movie is fast, and after a while, the first conflict appears, a naked man breaks into the home of the male and female protagonists.

Through the dialogue, the audience learned that this man had been a patient of the male protagonist, and apparently there was a problem with the male protagonist's treatment, and the man came over to take revenge on the male protagonist.

In the end, the man shot the male protagonist in the abdomen, and then committed suicide with a gun.

Seeing this, many viewers were stunned, and the male protagonist was hanging?

It's only been less than ten minutes since the movie, how will it play later?

I guess I'm not dead.

Soon, the camera flickered, and it was the autumn of the following year.

The male protagonist reappeared, holding a medical record in his hand.

The audience also breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the movie is still normal, and the male protagonist will not die.

The man who committed suicide with a gun should be dead.,The male protagonist probably felt guilty for that incident.,So I found a patient with the same condition as the man.。

Prepare to relieve the self-blame in your heart by treating this patient well.

But things are not so easy, the little boy of the patient is very resistant to the male protagonist and is not willing to accept treatment at all.

After that, the story developed in the direction expected by the audience, and the male protagonist followed the boy all the time in order to make the boy accept him, trying to do the boy's work.

Later, the boy told the male protagonist that he could actually see the undead.

In this regard, the male protagonist didn't believe it, and most of the audience didn't believe it either, but later, the male protagonist found some strange voices in the previous recording.

When many viewers saw this, they were stunned, obediently, is there really a ghost?

Later, as the plot progressed, the audience was convinced that the boy was indeed able to see the undead, and because he had such a skill, he was entangled by some undead.

However, the movie is not too scary, but because of the help of the male protagonist, the little boy slowly opened his heart, accepted the reality that he has yin and yang eyes, and began to try to use his ability to help those undead.

At this point, the audience thinks this is a very good, even a little warm redemption movie.

The male protagonist uses his love and patience to guide the little boy because of the guilt of the previous patient, and as the little boy becomes cheerful, the male protagonist is also redeemed.

But just when the audience thinks that this movie is like this.

At the end of the movie, the male protagonist returned home and looked at the female protagonist who was sleeping on the sofa on his side, and suddenly heard the female protagonist murmuring in her dream.

"Why did you leave me?"

The male protagonist didn't realize anything wrong at this time, but said, "I didn't leave you." ”

At this time, the heroine shrank her body, and the ring in her hand suddenly fell to the ground.

The ring fell to the ground and rolled in front of the male protagonist.

At this time, the camera captured the heroine's own ring, and then the male protagonist's empty finger, and the deadline on the ground was his wedding ring.

Looking at this ring, the male protagonist fell into a huge shock, he remembered the boy's words, and the picture when he saw the boy for the first time.

At this time, some viewers haven't understood it yet, but some viewers have already understood.

The male protagonist is dead.,When he's with the little boy.,It's always been a state of undead.。

No wonder, the heroine has been ignoring him.

No wonder, every time the male protagonist approaches the female protagonist, the female protagonist gets chilled.

It turns out that he has always been an undead, but he doesn't know it.

The boy actually said that people died but didn't know they were undead, and many people didn't think much about it at the time.

This sudden reversal directly gave many viewers goosebumps.

In particular, the background music in this movie has become very intense, which pushes the mood of the whole movie to the climax.

Zhang Guorong also has a chill down his spine, no wonder this is a very special movie, it turns out to be like this.

The key is that although this ending is abrupt, it is not abrupt at all, the director has already given clues in the previous shots, but the audience himself did not think about it, so he didn't take it seriously.

Now that I see the ending, and think back to those details, you will understand that in fact, the director is also guiding the audience to discover the truth step by step.

But the movie didn't end here, when it was over, Zhou Yan suddenly appeared, he stood in the classroom, holding a book, facing a few children, and said, "Today's story is over." ”

Seeing this shot, many viewers were surprised, what does this mean, the story just now is all fake?

No, of course the story is fake, and no one will think that the story in this movie is real.

But is it necessary to say so?

Chen Kaige smiled, he knew why he wanted to add such a paragraph, just to pass the trial.

Although there is no explicit rule in mainland movies that ghosts cannot appear, they will indeed be stuck when they are submitted for review, and this scene at the end is equivalent to a patch.

Most of the other audiences didn't understand, but this did not affect them to give applause to the film, and the second feature film directed by Zhou Yan did not disappoint.

Although this movie is not intense to watch, and there are no love or action scenes, the rhythm is very tight, which can attract the audience to watch all the time, and then usher in an amazing reversal at the end.

In the applause of everyone, Zhou Yan stood up and bent down towards the audience to express his gratitude.

The premiere was also over at this time.

At the end of the show, many people deliberately ran to Zhou Yan and congratulated him in person.

Zhang Guorong gave Zhou Yan a thumbs up, "This movie must be very good at the box office in Xiangjiang." ”

Compared with "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", this "Sixth Sense" is obviously more suitable for the taste of Xiangjiang audiences.

Zhou Yan laughed, "I borrowed your auspicious words, if the box office of the movie in Xiangjiang exceeds 15 million, I will invite you to dinner at that time." ”

"Then you can't run this meal, I don't dare to say more, fifteen million should be fine."

The reason why Zhang Guorong has such confidence is not only because the theme of this movie is more suitable for Xiangjiang audiences, but also because its cast is also very good, Leung Jiahui and Wang Zuxian still have box office appeal in Xiangjiang.

Of course, this is not necessarily stable, the film market in Xiangjiang is too fierce, before "Green Snake" had Wang Zuxian and Zhang Manyu, and the director was still Tsui Hark, didn't he still hit the street?

Chen Kaige said beside him, "Those who see me have a share, and I can't miss it when the time comes." ”

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "No problem, if "The Sixth Sense" exceeds fifteen million at the box office in Xiangjiang, I will invite all of you to dinner." ”

"What about the mainland? How much box office is there in the mainland, please eat? Chen Kaige asked again.

"The mainland box office is not good."

"Isn't there an estimate?"

"Then 20 million, more than 20 million, I'll invite you to dinner."

"And what about Taiwan Island, what about neon......"

Gong Li joked, "Then just let Zhou Yan cover our food expenses for a year." ”

Wang Zuxian said with a smile, "If the box office of "The Sixth Sense" on Taiwan Island can exceed 15 million, I will invite everyone to dinner." ”

"Hey, that's a good idea."

Gong Li took Wang Zuxian's arm and said to Zhou Yan, "Let's see, it's worth it for our sister Xiaoxian." ”

Zhou Yan nodded again and again, "It's worth, of course it's worth, and I'll ask for it in the future." ”

"Please again in the future, I'm afraid Miss Wang's salary will rise." Chen Kaige said.

In his opinion, although Wang Zuxian is beautiful, he has no characteristics and can't enter his play, but today I watched "The Sixth Sense", not to mention, under the lens of Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian is really different from his previous role.

Although there are not many roles for the heroine of this play, Wang Zuxian is very lucky.

Wang Zuxian said very generously, "It's okay, Director Zhou will find me to make movies in the future, and they will all be discounted." ”

"And what about us?" Chen Kaige asked.

Zhou Yan continued, "Then if you are looking for it, you must ask you for more pay, otherwise there is no way to give me a discount." ”

"Hey, isn't that tearing down my east wall and making up your west wall?"

"It's called the law of conservation of pay."

……

The box office of mainland movies is very modest, and the spread of news is relatively slow, even if the movie is better, there is no way to quickly become popular, it is all going up step by step.

Therefore, although "The Sixth Sense" received unanimous praise when it premiered, it did not cause any sensation in society in a short period of time.

Moreover, the box office statistics in the mainland are difficult, and there is no detailed data for a week after the movie is released, not to mention the box office, and there is not even the number of moviegoers.

A week later, the movie was released in Hong Kong.

Last time, Zhou Yan was not well-known in Xiangjiang, the publicity of the movie at the beginning was not very good, and the film schedule given by the cinema was also very average.

But this time the situation is much better, Zhou Yan's reputation in Xiangjiang is different from that year, and this movie also has Leung Jiahui and Wang Zuxian, and the movie theater is naturally willing to schedule films. (End of chapter)